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De-extinction probably isn’t worth itby Sarah Zielinski7:00am, March 9, 2017The prospect of resurrecting mammoths is back in the news after Harvard geneticist George Church announced last month that he may be only two years away from creating a mammoth-elephant hybrid fetus. That’s still a long way from a living mammoth — let alone herds of the animals — and scientists are skeptical that Church will be successful with even a hybrid fetus. The scientific hurdles that will have to be overcome are huge. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/de-extinction-probably-isnt-worth-it?mode=topic&context=60
Okay, let's say they do create a herd of these critters, that modern disease doesn't wipe them out right away. Then what? Where are they going to keep them? (And please, don't just up and drop them in flyover country. We have wolves and other critters to deal with already).
They may be a tasty way to keep vegetation down?
They will likely use this to justify grabbing more private land for national wildlife reserves.